Sec. 74.633  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for TV broadcast 
auxiliary station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with 
Sec. 74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations 
of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a continuing 
annual basis, an application for a regular authorization should be 
submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a 
television broadcast auxiliary station may be made by informal 
application. An informal application for special temporary authority 
requiring payment of a fee shall be addressed to the FCC at Federal 
Communications Commission, Broadcast Auxiliary Radio Services, P.O. Box 
358700, Pittsburgh, PA 15251-5700. An informal application for special 
temporary authority not requiring payment of a fee shall be addressed to 
the FCC at Federal Communications Commission, Broadcast Auxiliary Radio 
Services, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. Such 
applications shall be filed with the Commission at least 10 days prior 
to the date of the proposed operation.
    (c) An application for special temporary authority shall set forth 
full particulars of the purpose for which the request is made, and shall 
show the type of equipment, power output, emission, and frequency or 
frequencies proposed to be used, as well as the time, date and location 
of the proposed operation. In the event that the proposed antenna 
installation will increase the height of any natural formation, or 
existing man-made structure, by more than 6.1 meters (20 feet), a 
vertical plan sketch showing the height of the structure proposed to be 
erected, the height above ground of any existing structure, the 
elevation of the site above mean sea level, and the geographic 
coordinates of the proposed site, shall be submitted with the 
application.
    (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a 
channel or channels consistent with the provisions of Sec. 74.602: 
Provided, That in the case of events of wide-spread interest and 
importance which cannot be transmitted successfully on these 
frequencies, frequencies assigned to other services may be requested 
upon a showing that operation thereon will not cause interference to 
established stations: And provided further, That in no case will a 
television auxiliary broadcast operation be authorized on frequencies 
employed for the safety of life and property.
    (e) When the transmitting equipment utilized is not licensed to the 
user, the user shall nevertheless have full control over the use of the 
equipment during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of a TV 
auxiliary broadcast station of any class pending FCC action on an 
application for regular authority will not normally be granted.


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(Sec. 318, 48 Stat. 1089, as amended; 47 U.S.C. )

[28 318 FR 13720 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  47 FR 9221 , Mar. 4, 1982;  47 FR 55937 , Dec. 14, 1982;  50 FR 23710 , June 5, 1985;  52 FR 10570 , Apr. 2, 
1987;  58 FR 19775 , Apr. 16, 1993]